Fessmann, Ernst, born 06-01-1881 in Pfersee, District Augsburg
and was a Cavalry General in the German Army who was notable for commanding one of the first Panzer Divisions. He joined the Bavarian Army as an officer cadet in 1900 and was commissioned as a leutnant. After service in the German Imperial Army in World War I in which he commanded the 2nd Cavalry Regiment he was retained in the Reichswehr in which he commanded a motorized battalion.
From 1934 to 1935 he commanded the Panzer Lehr Brigade
and on 15-10-1935 as a Generalleutnant he was appointed commander of the 3rd Panzer Division
in Berlin, his successor was Generalleutnant der Panzertruppe, Kommandeur der Panzergruppe West, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
















Death and burial ground of Fessmann, Ernst.



Living in Pullach, Ernst Fessmann died at the old age of 81, on 25-10-1962 and is buried with his wife Gertrude, who died age 70 in 1961 on the cemetery Münchenerstrasse in Pullach and only steps from the grave of WWII General der Kavallerie, Kommandeur der Ist Kavallerie Regiment, Gustav Harteneck



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